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THE ILLINOIS F_A_IIMEII. 



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lUiuois Agricultural Society. 



The Siate Agricultural Board hiive made 

 the following award of premiums for farms . 



To S II. Elliott, of Edfiar oo. lor the most 

 highly cultivated farm, gold modal. 



To Sylvester Ryder, of Payne co. for first 

 be«t farm 160 acres, gold medal. 



For the second best to A. G. Carle, of Cham- 

 paign CO. silver medal. 



To A t O. Bernard, of McLean co. for first 

 best farm, of 40 acres, gold medal. 



To J. T. Al.ison, of Whiteside co.for second 

 be»t, silver medal. 



To J. M, Blackburne, of Edgar co. for best 

 grating farm, gold medal. 



To F. L. Scott, of Champaign co. for seoond 

 bef't, HJver medal. 



To L. EUsw irth, of Du Pdge co. for best 

 nursery, gold medal. 



To A. R.Whitney, of Lee co. for second best, 

 silver medal. 



To L. II. Thomas, of Macoupin Co., best 

 grove of timber, guld medal. 



The following are the awards for premium 

 Esoays : 



"On the raising of Sheep and their adapta- 

 tion to prairies." A. B. McConnel, $10. 



"On the cultivation of Orchards," to C. R. 

 Overman, $10. 



'•On Agriculture as connected with common 

 Bcho.)l-i," to Mias L, A. Pl&tt, Silver Medal. 



"Oo Practical Gardening in Illinois," $40. 



"On rearing domestic fowls," to B. C. Be- 

 ment, of New York, $10. 



"On the culture of rice in Illinois," to J. 

 Ruosell. $10. 



To Mrs. H. M, L. Cutler, of Grundy, was 

 awarded the first premium for maple sugar. 



To D.C. B. Odtrander, of LivingstonCo.,was 

 awarded the first premium for b.'St specimens 

 of sugar from the Sorghum. 



To II. E.Walt'tn, Macoupin Co., was awarded 

 the first premium for Syrup from the Chinese 

 Cane; the second best to B. Van Ilenton, 

 third, to Orin Sholes, of Whitesides. 



The following are the awards made of Flelc 

 Crops: 



Best 40 acres Spring Wheat, Hugh UulU, of 

 St. Charles. 



Best 20 acres Fall Wheat, Jas. Erwin, of 

 Randolph Co. 



Best 15 acres Drilled Wheat, Hugh IIuUs, of 

 St. Charles. 



Best 10 acres Drilled Wheat, Hugh Eas- 

 dale. 



Best Crop Fall Wheat, Hugh Easdale. of 

 Randolph. 



Best Crop Indian Cirn, same. 



Best Crop Rye, Harrison Hancock, of Taze- 

 ■well. 



BestCropAVhite Beang, same. 



Best Crop Irish Potatoes, same. 



Best Crop ^weet Potatoes, Michael Jowe, 

 Madison Co. 



Best acre of CI >ver Seed, Hugh Hulls. 



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State Agricultural Societt. — At th« 

 nual meeting of the State agricultural Society, 

 held at the Hall of the House of Representa- 

 tives on Wednesday evening, the following 

 officers were elected. 



President — Louis Ellflworth, of DuPaa;e Co. 



Vice Piesidenis—lsi District, C. B. Dsnio, 

 of JoDavieas; 2nd District; W II. Van Eppes; 

 3rd District, John Gerard, of Vermilion ; 4th 

 District, Alva Dunlap, of Peoria; 5jh District, 

 J. W. Singleton, of Adams; 6ih District, Ste- 

 phen Dunlap, of Morgiin, 7th District, Wm. 

 Kyle, of Edgar; 8th District, S. B. Chandler, 

 of St. Clair ; 9/h District, H. S. Osborne, of 

 Perry. 



Recording Secretary — John Cook, of Sanga> 

 mnn. 



Corresponding Secretary— S. Francis.of Sang- 

 amon. 



Treasurer— J. W. Bunn, of Sangamon. 



Go to bed Early. 



To all young persune, to students, to the sed- 

 entary, and to invalids the fullest sleep that 

 the system wiU take, without artificial means, 

 is the balm of life — without it there can be no 

 restoration to health and activity again. Never 

 wake up the sick or infirm, or young children, 

 of a morn — it is a barbarity; let them wake of 

 themselves, let the care be to establish an hour 

 for retiring, so early that their fullest sleep may 

 be out before sunrise. 



Another item of very great importance is : 

 Do nut hurry up the young and the weakly. It 

 is no advantage to pull them out of bed so soon 

 as their eyes are open, nor is it be»t for the stu- 

 dious, or the well who have passed an uuusu- 

 ally fatiguing day, to jump out of bed the 

 moment they wake until the sense of weariness 

 passes from their limbs. Nature abhors two 

 things: violence and a vacuum. The sun does 

 not break at ' nee into the glare of the me- 

 ridian. The diurnal flowers unfold them- 

 selves by slow degrees ; nor fleetest beast, nor 

 sprightliest bird, leaps at ona« from it» restirg 

 place. 



By all of which we mean to aaj, that as no 

 physiologiciil tru'h is more demonstrable than 

 that the brain, and with it the whole nervous 

 system, is recuperated bj sleep, it is of the first 

 importance, as to the well being of the human 

 system thut it have its fullest measure of it, and 

 to that end, the habit of retiring to bed early 

 should be made imperative on allchildrsn, and 

 no ordinary event should be allowed to inters 

 fere with it. Its moral healtbfulness is not 

 less impo'tant than its physical. Many a 

 young woman, has made the first step towards 

 degradation, and crime, and disease, after ten 

 o'clock, at night, at which hour, the year round, 

 the old, the jr-iddle aged, and the young, should 

 be in bed, and then the early rising will take 

 care of itself, with the incalculable accompani- 

 ment of a fully rested body and a ren(<vatsd 

 brain. We epeatit, there is neither wisdt m, 

 nor safety, nor health, in early rising in itself; 

 but there is all of them in the persistent prac- 

 tice of retiring to bed at an early hour. Win- 

 ter and Summer. — Hall's Journal of Health. 

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Tbe Dlstlug^sh«d Dead of 1858. 



Death has reaped a rich harvest during the 

 year that is now closing. In our own country, 

 the following distinguiched men have died 

 during the year, viz : Hon. Thomas H. Ben- 

 ton, Gen. Persifer F. Smith, Commodore Mat- 

 thew C. Perry, Maj^r General John Anth-my 

 Quitman, Hon. Jusiah J Evans, U. S. Senator 

 of South Carolina, General James Pinckney 

 Henderson, U. S. Senator of Texas, Anson 

 Jones, Ex-President of Texas, Rev. Eleazer 

 Williams, (the "Dauphin,"J Hon. Benjamin F. 

 Butler, (President Jackson's Attorney General 

 of the United States,) Right Rev. Henry Ustick 

 Onderdonk, besides a number of other promi-« 

 nen- men, less generally known. 



In foreign countries, we have a formidable 

 list of distinguished personages who died during 

 the year, among whom the following are the 

 most prominent : General Sir Henry Have- 

 lock, of Great Bntaiu; Redschid Pasha, one of 

 the most distinguished statesmen of the Turk- 

 ish Empire; Field Marshal Count Joseph 

 Radetzky, of the Austrian army; Major Ar- 

 naid, a veteran of the old Imperial army of 

 France; General Sir Ralph Darling; of t' e 

 British army; General Count Ventura, of 

 France; Dr. William Gregory, the great chemist 

 of the University of Edinburgh; Achmet Pasha, 

 heir apparent to the pashalic of Egypt; the 

 Duchess Ilelene Louise Elizabeth d'Orleans, of 

 France Col. Lepmanhosky, an illustrious Pole: 

 Lurgi Lablaace, the greatest singer of the pre- 

 sent century, at Naples; Mademoselle Eliza- 

 beth Rachael Fe!ix, the gre-at French tragedi- 

 enne; All Ghalib Pacha, son in law of the 

 Sultan of Turkey; M. Poccianti, of Florence, 

 one of the most eminent architects of Italy; 



Robert Brown, the eminei.t Scottish botanist; 

 Ary Schaffer. an eminent French painter; Luis 

 G. O.fulo, a distinguished military leader in 

 Mexico; Don Valentine Gomez Farias, ex- 

 President of Mexico; Lenor Jose Greg iria 

 Monagas. President of Venezuela: Prince Ghika, 

 of Montenegro; Baron Ward of Austria; Mad- 

 ame PfeiflFer, the great female traveler; Count 

 Esterkiazv, Austrian minister to Prussia; Stan- 

 Lees Gifiard, LL D., editor of the London 

 Standard; Rcbert Owen, the disstingulshed 

 Socialist, of Wales, Admiral Edmund Lord 

 Lyons, of England. 



This list of distinguished persons who ha^e 

 died within the year, could be extended to a 

 much greater length, but we have chosen to 

 give only the more prominent. But how many 

 h undreds of the obscure great, of men and women 

 who bad in their day and generation been true 

 heroes in life, but not distinguislied in the 

 world, have also "gone hence" during the last 

 months ! How great is the army that death 

 yearly enlists in this world of mortality I 



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Gold ih Illinois. — Prof. MoChesney. Assis- 

 tant State Geologist, think? he can find gold iu 

 mof^t of the northern counties of this State. 

 He has already found it in many, ac:d thinks 

 that be can find it iu seventy counties in this 

 State. 



FiRZS IN Chicago in 1858, — During the year 

 1858 there were 48 fires in Chicago, causing 

 losses in the aggregate, to $334,125. Eleven 

 lives were also loj-t, by fire, in the same time. 

 During the year 1857, there were 48 fiies at- 

 tended by the loss of 25 lives, and $1,525,000 

 worth of property. 



COMMERCIAL. 



St. Iiouis liarket — Jan. O. 



FLOOR — Demand very small for all kinda. Somed report 

 ed weie confiued to 200 bbls cito Biiperfitie at $5, aud 7u bbli 

 couutry do at $4 75. 



BAKLKV — Market ioactive, and the only MUe reported 

 was of 300 bags Hpring itOoc, aacks ri-turner. 



KYE — .*iftle of 30 ^acka at 70c f. bushel. 



IIKMP— Sales from store 31S 1 -ales from $80 to $100. 



Lf.AD — Sales 300 pigs soft Mi«80uri at $6 l"-'>^. 



WUISKY — Tlio mark.'t is dull, but aurfaauged* Salei to- 

 day comprise 347 bbls, in lois, at 2-ic %i gnllun. 



illDI^S — 15 and 7c for flint aud salt. 



FUUIT— A lot of 87U bags dri*d apples was sold at $2 ^ 

 hnehel. 



H.1.Y — Sales 40 bales fair at TOc, and 30 bales choica at 90c 

 ^ 100 R>B. 



PROVISIONS— Lard in tierces at 10c f» lb. 



Chicago Market.~JaLuary 3. 



' FLOUR— Quiat. f^alas to-day w«r«: 100 bbls choice IIH 

 DOii wkite winter at |6 75. Spring vxlra nomioal at $3 76 

 @4 

 WKKAT— Sales to day wen 2,000 bushels No. 2 spring 

 ; (O. t G.'s boose) at 60c in stora; 2,000 bushels do (Sturges ,) 

 at 70c in s'tore. 

 COItN—Ntry scarce. Sales to-day 4 aars aar sorn at 50c 

 I on track 

 I OATS —-00 bn^bels choice new oati in bags 4eli!rersd, st 



I 50c; 100 bushels du at 47c on traak. 



HYK— frJQeSc %* 00 fts at dapot. 



BARLEY— Nominal at 40(3(70c for SUte, and $i;iO@$l 20 

 forOan*diaa. 



IlIv)IIvVl\K3— Nominal at 22c. 



PitOVtSlONS— Qui»tt»ut nriuat tha foUowinjt qnoUtiops: 

 Vkss pork $16 3S(a>lti sO: bulk meats 53^c shoulders, 7c for 

 side', aod 7^c for hams, parked. 



LARU— firm at l^)%®M%c. 



New York Cattle Market.— Jau. 4. 



A. M Allurton & Co., preprietors of the Washington Drova 

 Yard'!. Fort}' fourth street, report the cattle in market from 

 the "llowiug States : 



Towa.„ 63 



Connecticut..... 70 



.\ew Jersey „ 18 



Michigan I02 



J.732 



New York „ 1,455 



Ohio 688 



ludi'itna 48 



Illiaois „ S3S 



Pennsylvania. 45 



Number reported lor this motket at Forty fourth at 

 The prices lu aay are quoted as follows : 



First quality 10 (ffilOV^c 



Me'iiuMi „ s}^2@ ^■ 



Ordinary „ 7 (gi fic. 



S<tm« extra good Beeves 11 (g>12c. 



The jr neral averse" "f fhe m "ket at hardly 4* • 

 The most of the sales ran^je trom 8 %9y.:c. 



